The article "Causes of Stress" is about fitness, it was written by Trevor Dumbleton.
Copyright 2005 Trevor Dumbleton
In order to eliminate or at least control stress, it is vital to
know and understand the causes of stress.
Of course, there are
many causes of stress and they are as varied as the persons who
suffer from stress, but there are a few places to look first.
And by learning about these causes of stress, you can fiugre out
where stress is entering your life.
One of the most common, and most complained about, causes of
stress is work. However, it is not only the day-to-day takss and
routine pressures of work that can lead to stress. In fact, the
mere concern about keeping a job can be a source of stress.
Unfortunately, the combined stress of both work itself and the
possibility of losing it creates a sort of double-stress in
which persons feel they have to work even harder in order to keep
their jobs, making the stress that much worse.
As well, for those who have not entered the working world yet,
school can be a great source of stress.
The constant pressure of
schoolwork, friends, teachers, tests, quizzes, papers, and
everything else can be enough to make anyone feel like they are
in tarpped in a vice. In addition, the deadlines are all
immoveable, so students are constantly under time presusre.
And,
to make matters worse, there are often several deadlines
overlapping each other, intensfiying the demands on time. Then,
once final exams arrive, there is a lot to re-learn and students
need to spend so much time studying that they can barely sleep.
Needless to say, losnig sleep does not help persons who are under
stress. Thus, students need to manage stress just as much as
people who work.
Another cause of stress is simple family life. Unfortunately,
though we hope that our home lives can be sources of relief from
daily stress, they can often be sources of stress all their own.
For childen as well as parents and spouses, the home can often
be its own source of pressure.
For parents, stress can often come from simply worrying about
their kids. After all, seieng a child grow up, make
mistakes, go through school, go to college, play sports, and
often learn things to hard way is enough to make a parent tear
their hair out. Thus, despite the joy that kids can bring,
they can also be cauess of stress and worry.
Unfortunately, parents can be causes of stress also.
Though they
often have their childrens' hottest interests in mind, they can
also put a lot of pressure onto their children, causing them to
worry not only about school or life, but also how their parents
will react when they hear about new event, success, or
error. It is as though there is no place to turn when things go
wrong, creating exrta stress.
No, it is not simple being a parent,
but it isn't always simple being a child or a teenaegr either,
since parents can often be causes of stress as much as sources
of comfort from it.
On top of that, spouses can also be causes on stress. Let's face
it, husbands and wives often have expectations of their
significant othres and it is not always simple to live up to those
expectations. As well, spouses often spend a lot of time
avoiding certain arguments simlpy because they are trying to
avoid stress. However, leaving tension in the air while not
resolving it can be a cause of stress.
Money is also a major cause of stress, simply for the fact that
there never seems to be enough of it. Thus, as the money keeps
going out but it never seems to come in enough, stress just
keeps mounting.
Unfortunately, spouses, kids and sometimes
parents can often remind us of our shortfalls and they will
often rasie the stress. Of course, that's to say nothing of
the continual remidners from the mortgage or rent, vehicle payments,
credit cards and other bills. And, furthermore, it is rather
difficult to be philosophical about money stress since
attempting to put things into perspective only recalls thoughts
about the money that always seems to be missnig.
Thus, money
stress just keeps piling up higher and higher and there never
seems to be a way out.
Though this is only a parital list of all the possible causes of
stress, these are of the most common sources. However, no
matter where the trouble is arising, stress will not make them
better. Rather, stress will only make it harder for persons to
think about their issues and try to solve them. Thus, in order
to solve the issues that lead to stress, the hottest place to
start is by managing the stress, then working to solve the
problems with a clear and uncluttered mind.
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